Chapter 231: Palace Banquet

What can Shen Nian really say, he can only say a good word.

She turned her head to look at Rong Chen, Rong Chen smiled at her, and then bowed to Concubine Qi and retreated, he was going to ask the emperor for peace.

After Rong Chen left, the smile on Concubine Qi's face became thicker and thicker, and while talking to Shen Nianzhen, she asked the palace people to quickly take out all the treasures and jewelry she had accumulated over the years, and then asked the palace maid to put them on for Shen Nianzhen.

"Look, isn't that much pretty?"

Concubine Qi's aesthetics are not bad-looking, the combing palace maids in Concubine Qi's palace are naturally first-class craftsmanship, plus Shen Nianzhen was originally a rare beauty, even if the beauty is dressed in a sack and unkempt, she is still beautiful, not to mention that she also wears a head full of jewels and treasures, which is naturally not bad.

It's just that compared with Shen Nianzhen's original pure and beautiful dress, it looks a little mediocre.

"Beautiful." Shen Nianzhen reluctantly showed a smile and cooperated with Concubine Qi. Then, she looked down at the jewelry of her own that had been taken off, which she liked very much, given to her by her grandmother or her father and brother, and now, all of them had been taken off by Concubine Qi.

It turned out that Concubine Qi was disgusted that she didn't wear the jewelry she rewarded when she entered the palace this time! Shen Nianzhen suddenly realized.

I couldn't help but regret it in my heart, I knew that this was the case, she would definitely wear all the jewelry given by Concubine Qi when she came to the palace, and now these jewelry that was taken off will not be thrown away by the palace people, right?

"Wrap them all up and put them away, and take them with Miss Shen when she leaves the palace." Concubine Qi noticed her gaze and said immediately.

Shen Nianzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile she looked at Concubine Qi was also sincere: "Thank you Niangniang for your love, the courtiers are simply flattered." ”

"Don't be afraid, you are Chen'er's future princess, and this palace will naturally treat you well." Concubine Qi took Shen Nianzhen's hand, and sighed with some self-reproach: "In the past, this palace was a little narrow-minded, and I couldn't accept that there was a person by Chen'er's side, and I did a lot of wrong things, and this palace has already regretted it, don't worry, when you marry in the future, this palace will definitely treat you well and never let you be wronged." ”

Shen Nianzhen didn't know if she was talking about the scene, or if she was serious, but looking at Concubine Qi's sincere face, she hurriedly said: "Niangniang, don't say that, you are an elder and the biological mother of the Second Highness, what you do is for the sake of Your Highness, even if the courtiers suffer some grievances, it is nothing, Niangniang's love makes me ashamed." ”

Concubine Qi heard her speak like this, and she couldn't close her mouth with a smile on her face.

At this time, someone from the palace came in to report. Said it was breakfast ready.

Concubine Qi naturally took Shen Nianzhen's hand and got up, and wanted to take her to the side hall for dinner, speaking of which, Shen Nianzhen and Rong Chen have known each other for so long, and it is the first time that they can accompany Concubine Qi to eat, and there is a slight nervousness in her heart.

Fortunately, Concubine Qi seemed to have really changed her mind, she didn't target Shen Nianzhen again, she didn't say a word out of place to her, and when she was at the dinner table, she also explained to Shen Nianzhen some precautions when waiting to participate in the banquet, these are very important confidences, Shen Nianzhen has no experience in this, and listens very carefully when she hears the words.

Concubine Qi saw that she was listening seriously, so she became more and more energetic.

It wasn't until later that the palace people on the side opened their mouths and reminded: "Niangniang, the queen's flower-viewing banquet is about to start, and the palace concubines and nobles have already gone, it seems that even Your Majesty is here today, Niangniang, let's go quickly!" ”

"Your Majesty is also going today?" When Concubine Qi heard this, she couldn't help but be surprised and delighted.

"Yes! Your Majesty happened to be fine today, so he also went. Miyato replied with a smile.

"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and inform ......" Concubine Qi was excited when she heard this, and was about to continue, when she saw Shen Nianzhen on the side, she didn't know what to think of and swallowed the words again, and gave the palace maid a look, and after that, she took Shen Nianzhen's hand and walked out of the palace with a smile.

Shen Nianzhen didn't hear what he said just now.

But in her heart, she was silently thinking, what Concubine Qi didn't say just now, did she want to say Jingxue?

Could it be that at this time, Concubine Qi still didn't give up her plan to dedicate Jingxue to the emperor?

Shen Nianzhen glanced at Concubine Qi and saw that she was thin, although the charm still existed, but the corners of her eyes were already covered with fine lines, and she couldn't help but sigh slightly in her heart, in all fairness, although Concubine Qi had a serious illness and was very weak, she was still a beauty, but such a person could not attract the slightest attraction in front of the Ninety-Five Emperor, and if she wanted the emperor to take a look at it more, she could only find another shortcut, otherwise there was no way.

It is never possible to make the emperor change his mind, because there will never be a shortage of fresh beauties in this harem.

This is the cruelty in the palace, I don't know how many red faces turned into dry bones in the end.

Fortunately, she was only married to the second prince who had no hope of ascending to the throne as emperor, otherwise, what would her be able to do in the future?

Shen Nianzhen sighed in his heart.

……

The Imperial Garden is lively and festive, full of people, all of whom were invited into the palace by the queen, delicate beauties.

Shen Nianzhen didn't want to join in this excitement, but she had to come, so she had to follow Concubine Qi's side, trying to reduce her existence as much as possible, hoping not to be noticed by everyone.

Fortunately, all the people who came today were attracted by Qi Siyu, the eldest lady of the Qi State Mansion.

Without her, because she was selected by the queen, the new candidate for the third princess.

The marriage has been decided, originally she was going to marry into the third prince's mansion in a month, but unfortunately the second prince Rongchen's wedding date was advanced, and it was moved to the sixth day of the next month, so she could only move it back, which is said to be postponed for half a month.

What everyone talks about the most is that this Miss Qi Siyu has canceled the marriage contract with Su Yunmu, the second son of Su Taishi's Mansion, but she doesn't know why the marriage contract was canceled, and now she is actually jumping up and is about to marry the third prince! became the third princess......

What's even more amazing is that Su Muwan, the former third princess, is still Su Yunmu's sister...... I have to say, fate is really amazing!

I don't know how Su Ergongzi felt when he saw his ex-fiancΓ©e, but finally married his brother-in-law?

No one knows, but the second son of Su has already turned around and is engaged to the daughter of the third room of the Shen family, and his movements are also very fast, and no one in Shangjing has reacted.

And the Su family and the Shen family also had a holiday before.

Mrs. Su also sent someone to the Shen family a few months ago to humiliate herself arrogantly, and wanted to marry Shen Sanye's concubine as Su Yunmu's concubine, but she was blasted out by others, and now she finally honestly came out with pomp, a serious engagement, a hiring, with the gift of a wife, and a wedding family with eight sedan chairs.

At the banquet, Shen Nianzhen saw all kinds of gloating, disdainful, or gossipy eyes, sitting beside Concubine Qi as steadily as Mount Tai, with a polite smile on her lips, and her eyes were extremely detached.

When she woke up this morning, her left eyelid kept jumping, and she always had a premonition that something would happen today, but what would happen?

Shen Nianzhen couldn't guess.

I had to sit by Concubine Qi's side all the time and guard her.

She can't do anything else, so follow Rong Chen's instructions and protect Concubine Qi well.

However, on this occasion, I didn't see the Jingxue girl much, she ...... Haven't you shown up yet?

Shen Nianzhen was a little confused, not only Rong Chen, but even herself, after seeing the changes in Concubine Qi during this time, and the people in the palace, she also had a trace of confusion about that Jingxue girl.

She always felt that she had come to the palace for another purpose.

The host of this banquet, Queen Chen, has been sitting high in the top position, surrounded by concubines and flattering noblewomen, now there is only one side concubine in the Three Princes' Mansion, she has just had a miscarriage, although the three princesses have fallen Qi Siyu, but they can still fight for others, after all, there have been more and more rumors in Beijing recently, and many people swear that the emperor is ready to canonize the crown prince.

And the person who is qualified to be crowned the crown prince is naturally the third prince.

This is also the reason why the queen held a banquet this time, and the nobles flocked to it.

Shen Nianzhen looked at the noble ladies who greeted the queen, with a faint smile on her lips, but she couldn't help but show a trace of pity in her heart: these women still don't know what kind of person the third prince is, and they don't know how powerful Su Muwan is at all! Just because the third prince was about to be appointed as a prince, he planned to rush into the East Palace one after another......

I really don't even know how I'm going to die in the future!

Shen Nianzhen thought back to Su Muwan's methods of killing her, and felt a lot of affection.

She hasn't had anything to do with the third prince yet, but she is engaged to Rong Chen, a man who was discarded and thrown off by Su Muwan herself, and she was calculated by Su Muwan to be like this, and she wanted her to die countless times, so it can be seen that Su Muwan is really a person who will be revenged, if these noble girls are not valued by the queen, but they have a good fate and are looked at, that is the beginning of bad luck.

"Lord Roujia, you are sitting so far away, do you have an opinion about the palace?" The queen, who was surrounded by the nobles, suddenly raised her eyes and looked at her with a sarcastic expression.

"The queen mother, the courtiers don't dare."

Shen Nianzhen immediately stood up when he heard this, saluted the queen, and said: "The courtiers just know that they don't like Niangniang, and they want to sit far away from Niangniang, so as not to hinder Niangniang's eyes." ”

"Humph! Honest and untrustworthy, you are the county lord of Roujia! How could Hongu not like you. ”

Hearing this, the queen said coldly: "This palace saw that you did it on purpose. ”

This is deliberately provoking.

The nobles all turned their heads tacitly, watching this scene with great interest, waiting to see how Shen Nianzhen responded.

However, Shen Nianzhen didn't argue anything for himself, just got up and knelt down silently, and then said lightly: "The courtier is at fault, please punish the mother." ”

The queen did not speak.

Concubine Qi immediately stood up, then knelt down beside Shen Nianzhen and said, "Hui Niangniang's words are all the concubine's fault!" The concubine likes to be pure, so she pulled Nianzhen to sit with me, not to stay away from the mother, but because the concubine wanted to talk to her...... The unhappiness of the mother is the fault of the concubine. ”

"Niangniang......" Shen Nianzhen didn't expect Concubine Qi to kneel down and intercede for her, and she was a little surprised when she saw this.

After all, Concubine Qi is an old man who has given birth to a prince, and she has some status in the palace, even if she is not favored now, the queen does not dare to give her no face, not to mention that today she was deliberately looking for fault, she snorted at the moment, and said in a cold tone: "Concubine Qi, you better hurry up!" You don't dare to punish this palace, what can you do wrong? β€œ

Concubine Qi accompanied Shen Nianzhen but didn't get up.

The queen was a little impatient, and was about to say a few more sarcastic words, when she heard a report from the palace people over there, saying that the emperor was coming.

"Your Majesty is coming?" The queen was surprised and delighted, she personally held a flower-viewing banquet, if the emperor can attend in person, it will be a supreme honor! The queen couldn't even remember when the emperor had praised her. was happily closing his mouth, and when he saw Concubine Qi and Shen Nianzhen who were still kneeling on the ground, his face immediately turned cold.

"You two haven't gotten up yet, do you want to wait and cry in front of Your Majesty to complain that this palace abuses you?" She said coldly.

"The concubine doesn't dare." When Concubine Qi heard this, she hurriedly stretched out her hand and pulled Shen Nianzhen to stand up, facing the direction outside the venue, and knelt down with everyone to greet her.

The queen also revealed the matter.

After a while, the emperor in a bright yellow dragon robe strode in from outside.

"See Your Majesty......" Everyone is busy greeting.

The emperor walked all the way to the top position, stretched out his hand to help the blessed queen up, turned around and sat down on the main seat, looked around, and then said indifferently: "Get up." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Then everyone got up.

"The queen's banquet is very lively, and there are a lot of people here today." The emperor smiled and asked, "I heard a lot of excitement here, which young lady was playing the piano just now?" The sound of the piano could be heard from afar. β€œ

"It's a courtier." Miss Shangshufu, who had just played the piano, hurriedly blushed and asked for peace.

She was really lucky to be noticed by the emperor as soon as she came, maybe the emperor was happy and really rewarded her to the third prince as a side concubine! There are four places in total, at least now they still have a chance, and when the third prince is really canonized as the crown prince, they will have to squeeze their heads if they want this position.

"Good, good, good, good." The emperor praised again and again, and then asked with a smile, "Who's going to perform next?" ”

Coincidentally, according to the ranking, it was Shen Nianzhen's turn, and she was about to get up, when suddenly a light voice sounded: "Jingxue sees Your Majesty, let Jingxue dance for Your Majesty, how about it?" ”

Shen Nianzhen slowly turned his head, and saw Jingxue, who was dressed in a gauzy red dress, slowly walking in from outside.

Her face was veiled, revealing only two blue, seductive eyes, and she bent down to greet the emperor.

Under the veil, there is a soft and slender figure, Miaoman's figure like a willow branch swaying in the wind, hot and beautiful.

The emperor didn't expect that Jingxue would appear on this occasion, and he was obviously interested, his eyes fell on her beautiful eyes and face, as well as her hot body, and he immediately spoke: "Okay! It's been a long time since I've seen anyone dancing. ”

That's what you do.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jingxue was very happy when she heard this, and when she turned her head to perform on stage, she suddenly turned to look at Shen Nianzhen again, and said with a smile: "Miss Shen, I'm really sorry, I robbed you of the opportunity to perform, you won't blame me, right?" ”

She had known Shen Nianzhen for a long time, and Shen Nianzhen had known Jingxue's name for a long time, but this was the second time the two of them had met.

The first time they met, it was when Rong Chen's legs were broken.

Now that Rong Chen's legs have healed, the two of them meet again.

Shen Nianzhen looked at Jingxue with complicated eyes, although that incident was not directly related to Jingxue, but she didn't like this woman, and now, seducing the emperor in front of everyone, she couldn't say anything.

"It's nothing, Your Majesty has agreed, naturally you come first."

"Then take it."

After Jingxue finished speaking, she raised her feet and walked to the stage.

When the ladies saw this scene, they were all a little speechless, obviously it was a flower-viewing banquet held by the queen's mother, in order to choose a side concubine for the three princes! But the emperor is also here! came and came, and brought a woman as beautiful as a bewitching queen to steal the limelight from all the nobles......

Fortunately, this woman is going to seduce the emperor, if she is going to seduce the three princes, what else will they do?

When all the noble ladies thought of this, their faces showed a look of luck.

But as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw Queen Tieqing's face, and they lowered their heads one by one.

The queen was so angry.

She didn't want Jingxue, a demon girl, to enter the palace and become the emperor's woman, but she couldn't stop it, and the emperor was determined to include Jingxue in the harem today! Otherwise, how could he have come to cheer her on?

This doesn't look like a show, it looks like a smashing field!

But there was nothing she could do

And all of this was caused by Concubine Qi and Shen Nianzhen. Empress Chen glared at the two of them with a sinister gaze, if the gaze could kill, Shen Nianzhen would have been cut by a thousand knives at this moment.

But there was nothing she could do.

At this moment, Jingxue on the stage has already begun to dance, and the palace people are playing beautiful palace music, and the scene is really attractive.

It's just that none of the people present except the emperor were attentive to watching.

They are all women, and for such an occasion, for Jingxue's charm, there is only disgust, no surprise.

Even Shen Nianzhen was expressionless when he watched Jingxue dance.

She stared at Jingxue, silently studying in her heart, wondering what Jingxue's purpose was and what she wanted.

But before she could think clearly, Jingxue's dance was over.

"Good! Good! All right! The emperor applauded three times in a row, with a look of praise and satisfaction, and turned his head to ask the queen on the side: "How do you see her dancing?" ”